It's London, the tail end of the swinging sixties and Nick Lovell is a jobless, broke nineteen year old, and in keeping with the times blissfully unconcerned about his prospects. When Berit Bergstrom, a model with her image plastered on nearly every double decker bus in the city, lands on his doorstep his life takes a surprising turn as she draws him into her fast paced, glamorous world. Is Nick up to the challenge his new circumstances present or will his self-destructive impulses doom him to failure in this humorous and poignant tale of a young man's rite of passage?